Medjay

The first mention of the Medjay in written records dates back to the Old Kingdom of Egypt, when they were listed among other Nubian peoples in the Autobiography of Weni, who was at the time a general serving under Pepi I Meryre (reigned 2332–2287 BCE).

[3] During this time the term "Medjay" referred to people from the land of Medja, a district thought to be located just east of the Second Nile Cataract in Nubia.

Nubia was referred to as Ta-Seti, meaning "Land of the bow", by the Egyptians and the people there (including the Medjay) were renowned for their military skills, particularly as archers.

Second, until the end of the Second Intermediate Period, the word “Medjay” denoted an ethnic group of Nubian people who lived in the Eastern Desert around the First and Second Cataracts.

Additionally, the works of Säve-Söderbergh and Bietak have connected the Medjay to the Pangrave material culture of the Late Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period.

Senusret III (r. 1878-1839 BCE) enacted a prohibition on Nubian movement north of Semna, which is recorded in missives from the border guard at Elephantine.

During the Second Intermediate Period, they were even used during Kamose's campaign against the Hyksos[10] and became instrumental in making the Egyptian state into a military power.

[14][15] This culture is named for its distinctive circular graves, found throughout Lower Nubia and Upper Egypt, which date to the late Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period (1800-1550 BC).

Rilly (2019) mentions historical records of a powerful Cushitic speaking group which controlled Lower Nubia and some cities in Upper Egypt.

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